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Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) brought to the Canadian government. 

These came as a response to horrific acts that took place in the country鈥檚 residential school system. 

They identified actions all Canadians, governments and institutions need to take to help create awareness and advance reconciliation and truth telling. 

The next year, the 91快色 began work on ii' taa'poh'to'p, its Indigenous Strategy, which was completed in November 2017. 

The Strategy communicated the university鈥檚 commitment to, and responsibility for, Truth and Reconciliation and has guided its transformation and renewal ever since.

鈥淭he 94 Calls to Action are more than directions for change; they are invitations to renew our relationships, our knowledge and our shared purpose,鈥� says Dr. Michael Hart, U91快色鈥檚 vice-provost (Indigenous Engagement). 

鈥淭丑谤辞耻驳丑 ii鈥� taa鈥檖oh鈥檛o鈥檖, we鈥檝e begun this work at U91快色, walking side by side as Indigenous and settler communities to listen, learn and transform together.鈥�

U91快色 and the Calls to Action

Since the inception of ii鈥� taa鈥檖oh鈥檛o鈥檖, there has been strong and ongoing support by university leadership and members throughout the university. U91快色 has made significant strides in implementing the Indigenous Strategy while recognizing much work is still needed.

Yearly, ii' taa'poh'to'p presents a report through its Journey Update event, which highlights the many actions and achievements the strategy has made over the previous year. 

This year will be the strategy鈥檚 eighth report. 

Over the strategy鈥檚 time in effect, teams implementing it have created more spaces for education, increased the campus鈥� intercultural capacity, and incorporated Indigenous ways and practices into the landscape. 

Most significantly, the number of Indigenous students, staff and faculty members has increased along with elevated voices, expertise and contributions.

One of many ways the strategy continues to advance these developments and contributions is through advisory and working circles with Elders and university members. 

The Strategy has several advisory circles and seven working circles, which help to implement Truth and Reconciliation across U91快色, from how it develops buildings to academic programs.

There is a deep focus on walking parallel paths, striving towards shared goals. By walking side by side as First Nations, Inuit, M茅tis and settler people, support continues for implementing Indigenous practices in the everyday operation of the university.

Education is a strong focus of ii' taa'poh'to'p. 

All U91快色 employees are strongly encouraged to take the e-learning courses, The Story of ii' taa'poh'to'p and Beginning the Journey Towards Reconciliation to help them become more aware of Indigenous cultures. 

Additional learning opportunities have been developed to increase community members鈥� intercultural capacity, such as the and the Traditional Knowledge Teaching Series hosted by ii' taa'poh'to'p, which invites First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis Elders and Knowledge Keepers to share valuable cultural wisdom, teachings and world views. 

Says Hart: 鈥�ii鈥� taa鈥檖oh鈥檛o鈥檖 creates spaces where Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, connecting and being guide how we teach, research and live together. It reminds us that reconciliation grows from our daily actions, our collective will and our shared hope for the future.鈥�  

Empowerment from the Circle

In further support of the TRC and ii' taa'poh'to'p, the annual Journey Update progress report event highlights and celebrates recent actions and achievements of the strategy. 

The eighth update takes place on Nov. 26 at MacEwan Hall. This year鈥檚 theme is Empowerment from the Circle.

The keynote speaker at the Journey Update will be Dr. Niigaanwewidam (Niigaan) Sinclair, PhD, a renowned Indigenous scholar and son of the late Hon. Justice Murray Sinclair, Hon. LLD鈥�17, chair of the TRC Commission. Dr. Sinclair will speak on 10 years of the TRC. 

U91快色 President Ed McCauley will continue to model the university鈥檚 ongoing commitment to learning and walking parallel paths by hosting a Q-and-A with Sinclair afterwards.

Sinclair is Anishinaabe from Peguis First Nation. 

He is an award-winning writer, editor and professor of Indigenous studies at the University of Manitoba. In 2022, he was named by 惭补肠濒别补苍鈥檚 magazine as one of the most influential people in Canada. 

A multiple nominee for Canadian Columnist of the Year honours (winning in 2018), he appears weekly across Canada, from the Winnipeg Free Press to programs on CBC and APTN, and co-hosts the podcast Niigaan and the Lone Ranger. 

His bestselling first book, W卯nip锚k: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre (McClelland & Stewart, 2024), won the 2024 Governor General Award for Non-Fiction. He is a former secondary school teacher who won the 2019 Peace Educator of the Year from the Peace and Justice Studies Association at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

To learn more and register to attend the Journey Update event, visit the .